Regulation 20 Liability to forfeiture of non-compliant foreign postal packets

(1)

Where—

(a)

the contents of a foreign postal packet F1or an GB-NI postal packet are not in accordance with the accompanying customs F2form, or

(b)

a foreign postal packet or an GB-NI postal packet is not accompanied by the prescribed F3form, completed in accordance with these Regulations, or

(c)

a foreign postal packet or an GB-NI postal packet is not labelled in accordance with these Regulations,

the packet and all its contents shall be liable to forfeiture.

(2)

Subject to regulation 8, section 139 M1 (provisions as to detention, seizure and condemnation of goods, etc.) of and Schedule 3 to the Act of 1979 shall apply to anything liable to forfeiture under paragraph (1) above as they apply to goods liable to forfeiture under that Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 20(1) inserted (31.8.2023) by The Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/872), regs. 1(2), 3(11)
F2: Word in reg. 20(1)(a) substituted (16.7.2025) by The Customs (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/745), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
F3: Word in reg. 20(1)(b) substituted (16.7.2025) by The Customs (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/745), regs. 1(1), 3(6)

Marginal citations

M1: As amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982, section 46 and, in relation to Northern Ireland, by the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32), section 74(1), Schedule 4, paragraph 14.